KARACHI- The General Council of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) shall hold its extraordinary and annual meetings on March 31 at the APNS Secretariat, Karachi. The Secretary-General, APNS, Arshad Zuberi announced that the extraordinary general meeting will consider proposed amendments to the constitution of the society. Later the annual general council would discuss the conditions […]
KARACHI- Microsoft, the global software giant, has announced job opportunities for Pakistani Information Technology (IT) professionals at its headquarters in the United States. There are multiple positions available in various technologies, including Kernel, Graphics, ActiveX, Java, Multimedia, DCOM, SQL, Networking and Internet-working, said Fazal Khan, Human Resources Manager, Microsoft in a press statement. “All the […]
ISLAMABAD- Five unidentified persons kidnapped Shakil Shaikh, chief reporter of The News, at gunpoint in broad daylight from near the main commercial centre of Islamabad and beat him severely for three and a half hours before abandoning him in a deserted village some miles away. Shakil sustained multiple injuries including head injury when he was […]
KARACHI- The women wing of Jama’at-e-Islami (JI) has urged the government to honour the aspirations of the people especially women of the country and refrain from promoting foreign cultures through its electronic media. “Exploitation of women must be stopped and the government should mend the ways of PTV making it end telecasting obscene progmmes,” said […]
KARACHI- Speakers at a seminar on ‘Cyber Crime’, emphasised on making laws to deal with emerging crimes relating to the Internet. The seminar, organized by the Sindh Police at the Traffic Police Auditorium, Driving License Branch, was told that at least 30,000 hackers websites exist on the Internet. There are many threats such as penetration, […]
ISLAMABAD- The federal secretary for science and technology, Javed Masud, has said the best thing about the initiatives taken for the development of IT and telecom sectors is that the government and private sector are moving in the same direction. Mr Masud was talking to a World Bank delegation comprising the executive directors of different […]
LAHORE- Renowned television producer and former Pakistan Television (PTV) programmes director Muhammad Nisar Hussein died. He was 68. Muhammad Nisar Hussein popularly known as MNH had undergone heart surgery in January this year after which he caught arteries infection and finally succumbed to it. He left behind a wife and three sons. Nisar Hussein, who […]
LAHORE- The Federal Government has decided to setup an Urdu Software development Authority. The Authority would work for promotion of Urdu software development and its application in day-to-day use of computer. This was disclosed by Salman Ansari, advisor to Ministry of Science and Technology, at a four-day workshop at FAST National University of Computer and […]
KARACHI- Minister for Science and Technology Prof Dr Atta-ur Rahman said MoUs to the tune of over $200 million had been signed during ITCN Asia 2001 Exhibition. Dr Atta-ur-Rehman said that he attended the ceremony of signing of two software development MoUs. KalSoft Private Limited signed two MoUs with two visiting foreign firms, one from […]
Dawn’s Islamabad edition was launched as the former chief editor of the newspaper, Ahmad Ali Khan, pressed the button around 10:30pm to switch on the presses. Khan Sahib flew in Islamabad in the afternoon with his wife, well known Urdu short story writer Hajira Mansoor, specially to launch the newspaper which is already being published […]
HAFIZABAD- Press Club Hafizabad has expressed its resentment over the non-issuance of permission cards by the Election Authority to observe the polls in the district. The local correspondent went from pillar to post to get the cards during the past three days but the concerned authorities told them that they have not received the cards. […]
ISLAMABAD- Federal Minister for Science and Technology Prof. Atta-ur-Rehman said that high speed internet fibre rings will be laid around all major cities and linked together by early next year. Addressing a seminar on Data Warehousing organized by NCR Corporation, the minister said, “these high speed internet fibre links will be our information highways.” Prof. […]
SUKKUR- Several teams of foreign journalists have arrived here to cover the second phase of local bodies (LB) elections being held in Sukkur, Khairpur, Ghotki, Naushehro Feroze Nawabshah districts on March 21. Correspondents of some foreign news agencies arrived and interviewed leaders of various political parties about the prospect position of their candidates and the […]
ISLAMABAD- A delegation of All Pakistan Newspapers Society, led by APNS President Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman, held an informal meeting with Chairman of Seventh Wage Board for Newspapers Employees Justice Raja Afrasiab Khan. The meeting was facilitated by Information Secretary Syed Anwar Mahmood in a bid to resolve the ensuing deadlock caused by the non-appearance of employers’ […]
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